Eric,
Welcome to the group.

John  KC2QJB


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of eric oyen
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 7:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: hello everyone. new member here

Greetings fellow blind hams,

I am eric and also a blind ham. I decided (once I got other things = squared
away here) to join the list.

My station:
	HF radio: Yeasu FT-757GX1 with MFJ-949e Antenna tuner, Palomar =
Tuner-Tuner noise bridge, and Carolina Windom 80-10 meter antenna
VHF/UHF: Kenwood TMD-710 Dual Band Mobile with comet CX-902 Base Antenna
Several Handheld radios.

My HF radio would normally be inaccessible to the blind except that I = use
an FIF-232C computer interface and rigctl (rig control) for Ubuntu = Linux.
This allows me to set my radio to any frequency with little fuss. =  This
control program also works with many other radios supported under = the
HamLib package for linux.Since this is a command line program, it = will
work well with ORCA (on the unity desktop) or with BRLtty for = strictly
command line linux. I am using this program via a terminal = shell on the
desktop and it works well. I can even invoke it via an SSH = (secure shell)
session and remotely control the radio from my desk. now = about the only
thing I need to figure out is how to port the audio via a = network
connection and listen to it on my mac in another part of the = house. Thats
a project for another day.

eric
n7zzt